The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1887-06-25
CANCER ANTiDOTE.
An Alleged Remedy Within Easy Reach OF
All suffer- IS.

All suffer,
About thirty years ago Il woman be-
longing to the middle walks of life.
suffering from cancer, WAS pronounced
beyond their skill by the physicians Of
Shrewsbury lnfrmary, England, the
tumor being in such close proximity to
the iugular vein that, rather than risk
the impcriing of her life, they deemed
it best not to undertake such an opera
ton.
Strai%htway after this announcement
was made she returned to her home,
which was three miles from Oswestey,
the nearest railway station in the coun-
ty Of onrgomery, North Wales, Here
she became a greater sufferer when
one day she bcthought herself of q
ncighbor, whom She soon found, and
with all the eioquancc Of onc en-
thrallci by an im2lacablc foe she ap-
pealcd To her sympathy. If it were
possible She implorcd. do. do some
thing 70 assuage my pain With that
tenderness and Willingness character
iStic OF every true and noble woman 10
allay her sisters many pains this
friend, for she proved friend in need
and deed, forthwith sent her boys Gone
OF whom IS our informlnt) To gather
what in the United States is known as
sheep sorrcl; By the people of England
as ''snrr leaf or the cuckoo plant;' in
the Welsh language, to the people of
North Wales, rs dali surion @o@.
10 this timely opportunity, and the eff
ticacy Of this herb Is an antiiote for
cancer, this sufferer is in large meas
ure indebted for her health and life to-
day, while aot the slightest yastisa If
this hitherto unconquerlbIe disease is
to be found
The leaves were wrapped in brown
paper 50 tight rs t. make the pacEaga
mperyious to air. This package was
then placed beneath an open crate and
covered with the hot ashes of the same.
When sufficiently cooked it was re-
moved and in rs hot a state rs possible
and not to burn il was now applied, the
leaves being in direct contact with the
ulcer, which was firmly held to the part
affected by linen handkerchief.
Strange to say, at the expiration of one
month the ttmOr came away and has
NOT since appeared. For the first four
days the pain was most cNcruciatinr,
bet gradually decreased - it became
Iooscncd. There is much to be said in
favor Of this method over that of the
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power in the form Of poult;ce, though
at first very severe, still is gradual and
sure, while now blood PUSHES into the
vacuum caused by removal, thus scry-
ing as a fitting hclpmcct for aiding and
stimulating nature 5 efforts, and III the
meantime the arteries which feed this
fell destroyer are gjven 4 greater i'm
pulse to move rapidly, flow healthy, and
strengthen the weaker parts a fast as il
expresses. II this connection it is to be
obs,rTed that TINS method has none OF
the acc3mP taying aftar-wcaEcning ef-
fccts Is caused by loss Of blood 50 fire.
qucntIy exhibited under the operation
of the knife, while the chances Of a
thorough cNtirpljion are far more san
@uine as to a thread remaining t'lan
that OF 2 surgical operation, which
many fear and object 70.
For those paris not admitting of
pOulticc we submit another formula for
the same herb, As applied by this same
b4ncfactrcss in somewhat different
eases.
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